Cornell Notes Topic/Objective: The Scarlet Letter Name: Class/Period: Date: February 6‚ 2014 Essential Question: How does rhetoric influence the reader’s understanding of the novel? Questions: Notes: The chapter is called this because Hester and Pearl walk in the forest where they hear about the Black Man. “The sunshine does not love you. It runs away and hides itself‚ because it is afraid of something on your bosom. Now‚ see! There it is‚ playing‚ a good way off.” (Hawthorne
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In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ the themes of exposure and justice are prevalent throughout. The author uses the image of a scaffold in the center of town as a symbol of two contradicting ideas: public shame and freedom. The Puritan community in which the story takes place lives by strong Biblical and legalistic standards with the ultimate goal of establishing a utopian society. In the words of Hawthorne‚ the strict Puritan law code was set up for the purpose of dragging iniquity out
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punishment? 5. What does the scarlet letter represent? CH3&4?’S 1. What does Hester see at the edge of the crowd? 2. How does the stranger describe himself? 3. What does the stranger look like? 4. Who is asked to speak with Hester? 5. Who is left in the room with Hester and the baby? CH5&6?’S 1. Is Hester being forced to stay in the society? 2. Why does Hester remain in the town? 3. What is Hester’s skill? 4. Why is Pearl named Pearl? 5. What does Pearl find joy in playing with? CH7&8
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Thesis: Throughout the story‚ Pearl is first seen as an image of purity‚ innocence‚ and beauty‚ but as the story progresses‚ she is described more as elfish‚ mysterious‚ and demonic. As a result‚ it is clear Pearl is a very strange and progressively changes throughout the book. When Pearl is first born‚ she is constantly explained as innocent‚ beautiful‚ lovely‚ blessing‚ and also a treasure to Hester. “...and the beauty that became every day more brilliant‚ and the intelligence that threw its
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How would you like to be an outcast for life? The Scarlet Letter is a very old book written during the 1700’s in America and the author‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ is descriptive and uses a lot of symbolism. Throughout the novel‚ Hawthorne uses the symbols of light and dark to depict good and evil among the characters Hester Prynne‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ and Roger Chillingworth. Hester has to live with the darkness of her sin every day‚ yet she finds ways to help people and it shows that she is often times
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beauty‚ doesn’t the beauty inside mean so much more? Beauty is the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind. Nathaniel Hawthorne explores the true meaning of beauty through symbolism in Scarlet Letter. Pearl has shown beauty in many ways but not exactly outside or in. She is confident in who she is and who her mother is. Hawthorne describes her with a strong-willed heart‚ which makes her beautiful on the inside. She is very happy even if she has
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Romeo and Juliet: An Anthem of Life By XuXiaolu in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the B.A. degree Department of Foreign Languages Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology June 2005 ÄϾ©ÐÅÏ¢¹¤³Ì´óѧ ±Ï Òµ ÂÛ ÎÄ Ïµ±ð£º ÍâÓïϵ רҵ£ºÓ¢ Óï ÐÕÃû£º ÐíÏþ¶ ѧºÅ£º 2001410048 ÂÛÎÄÌâÄ¿£º¡¶ÂÞÃÜÅ·ÓëÖìÀöÒ¶¡·£ºÒ»Ê×ÉúÃüµÄÔÞ¸è Ö¸µ¼ÀÏʦ£º ÐÜ°²Ô´ãä ¶þÁãÁãÎåÄêÁùÔ Romeo and Juliet: An Anthem(È«ÎÄÓôÊҪͳһ)
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Hawthorne’s book‚ The Scarlet Letter. Several people in the book are intimate with the definition of suffering‚ some suffering longer and more than others. In this book‚ the one person who had the most suffering placed on him was the well-known minister‚ Arthur Dimmesdale. Dimmesdale has dealt with horrible internal guilt‚ has been mentally tortured by someone he thought of as a friend‚ and has physically harmed himself to try and repent for the sin‚ making him the character
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Essay: The Scarlet Letter-Colors Throughout the novel‚ “The Scarlet Letter‚” Nathaniel Hawthorne illustrates the themes with various dramatic colors. Of the array are the colors green and gold‚ where green symbolizes different aspects of nature such as tranquility‚ security‚ and gloominess‚ whereas gold represents all that pertains to luxuriance‚ serenity and goodness. In certain chapters‚ it seems as if one color is codependent with the other. The implication of the color
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The Scarlet Letter‚ written by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ deals with many difficult issues. One of those issues is the topic of sin. Throughout the story the main protagonists‚ excluding Pearl‚ struggle with their past sins and how they deal with it. One line spoken by the narrator about Dimmesdale’s sin‚ “This had been a sin of passion‚ not of principle‚ nor even purpose” (187) suggests that there are different types of sins. In this case sins of love or passion versus sins of hate or principle. Hawthorne
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